swineflesh
See also: swine-flesh and swine flesh
English
Alternative forms
- swine flesh, swine-flesh
Etymology
From Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine + flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch (“pork”), Danish svineflæsk. More at swine, flesh.
Noun
swineflesh (uncountable)
- The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.
- 1886, Stanley Lane-Poole, The story of the Moors in Spain:
- If Malaga fell, then the Alhambra must also pass into the hands of the "eaters of swineflesh."
- 1918, Padraic Colum, Homer, The children's Homer:
- Eumaeus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honor.
- 1943, Edison Marshall, Great Smith: Issue 689:
- "Don't you know, you giaour dog, the thing e'en more repellent than swineflesh to a virtuous daughter of Islam?
- 2007, James D. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty:
- “Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion”
- 2010, Kai Borrmann, Jews in the Quran:
- He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah.
- 1886, Stanley Lane-Poole, The story of the Moors in Spain:
Synonyms
- pigmeat